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Media chaplain and broadcaster Rev Frank Ritchie sits down with top New Zealand journalists to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally.

Hosted by Reverend Frank Ritchie

8 episodes

Melissa Chan-Green | Til Death

Content warning: discusses death and loss, and sexual assault. After his bride’s death just hours after their wedding, a devastated groom struggles to process his grief. Five years later, he turns to Melissa Chan-Green to tell his heart-wrenching story for the first time.
Season 5/Episode 8
57m

Jack Tame | Trump's Rise to Power

Standing at Hillary Clinton’s election night ‘victory’ party in 2016, Jack Tame realised the real winner was elsewhere. Donald Trump’s rise to power exposed his blind spots as a reporter and fundamentally changed his journalism.
Season 5/Episode 7
56m

Amanda Gillies | An Angel in Te Kuiti

Amanda Gillies was on the way to an interview when she got a call confirming Newshub’s closure. Despite the shock, she continued on – and in the telling of a brave Te Kūiti amputee’s story was reminded what had first drawn her to journalism.
Season 5/Episode 6
49m

Tommy Livingston | Trials and Tribulations

Content warning: Discusses suicide, domestic violence, abuse and violent themes. A late-night dispute ended in tragedy when a young man killed his abusive father. Tommy Livingston’s sensitive reporting of the ensuing murder trial captured its emotion and complexity – and ultimately led him to leave journalism for good.
Season 5/Episode 5
47m

Lloyd Burr | The Pike River Report

As politicians lost interest in seeking a resolution for the Pike River families, Lloyd Burr took up their cause. His tireless reporting exposed injustice and turned a waning news story into a pressing election issue.
Season 5/Episode 4
51m

Dana Johannsen | The System that Broke Olivia Podmore

Content warning: discusses mental health and suicide. The death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore confirmed warnings journalist Dana Johannsen had long been hearing about the mental health risks for elite athletes. Her reporting would go on to expose the dark underbelly of high-performance sport in NZ.
Season 5/Episode 3
54m

Jonathan Milne | Hiding from Nazis

Sixty years after the Battle of Crete, a Kiwi WWII veteran travelled back to Greece to find the family of the men who sheltered him from Nazi soldiers. Journalist Jonathan Milne chronicled their emotional meeting.
Season 5/Episode 2
51m

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | Treaty Principles Bill

Warning: Contains violent & racist language. When Te Aniwa Hurihanganui received a leaked document revealing details about the Government’s ill-fated Treaty Principles Bill, it sparked a political firestorm that would dominate headlines in 2024.
Season 5/Episode 1
45m

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